The Mexico City home and studio of Mexican sculptor Pedros Reyes and his fashion-designer wife Carla Fernandez features crazy paving floors, as well as a staircase and double-height library rendered in coarse concrete. Fernandez and Reyes, who trained as an architect before moving into contemporary art, designed the house for a plot in Coyoacán – a borough in the south of the city once home to f..
Alain Ducasse, the renowned French chef boasting 19 Michelin stars under his toque blanche, inaugurated Brasserie Champeaux in April 2016, with his business partner, Olivier Mauray. Located under La Canopée at the over 800 year old, Forum des Halles, in Paris' 1st arrondissement, this is the first brasserie for Chef Ducasse, who also owns many bistrots and restaurants worldwide. Inspired by a vi..
Walking into Dash Kitchen restaurant in Turin, Italy's, San Salvario district might playfully inspire a patron to start humming a song from the disco decade. And with good reason. Designed by Italian architect, Fabio Fantolino, Dash Kitchen was envisioned as "the perfect encounter of industrial brutalist aesthetics and a refined reinterpretation of the '70s." This means exactly what it sounds li..
Strategically placed mirrors are used to reflect natural light and create the illusion of greater space in this compact Barcelona flat, which has been renovated by local studio Nook Architects. Nook Architects was asked to restore the apartment, which is located centrally in the city's Plaça de Catalunya, for a client wishing to use it as a holiday home. The top-floor flat has a limited floor pl..
This project is an alterations and additions to a tiny inner city terrace, including new bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen, courtyard and living spaces. The design locates the new bedroom and bathrooms spaces above an open-plan living area that opens onto intimate garden spaces at either end of the property. The project transforms what previously was a dark and introverted home into one of abundant n..
A new coffee shop has recently opened in Hong Kong that was designed so the people drinking coffee can interact with people on the street. Designed by James JJ Acuna of JJA / Bespoke Architecture, the coffee shop named Elephant Grounds has transformed this corner site and the character of the neighborhood by using warm materials and emphasizing indoor-outdoor engagement. The entrance of the coff..
La Dimora di Metello는 이탈리아 중부의 Porvince of Matera의 주도인 마테라에 있다. 이 곳은 단 층에 300 평방미터 넓이로 펼쳐진 건물로, 4개릐 룸과 스파, 리셉션 홀을 갖추고 있으며 높이 4.5미터에 달하는 높은 천정을 하고 있다, 디자인은 문맥과 전통간의 대화가 가능한 공간을 다듬는 것으로써, 동시에 새롭고 엄격하면서도 우아한 아름다음을 보여줌으로써 사람들을 놀라게 만드는 것이었다. 가벼움과 현대성 간의 균형은 새로운 언어, 새로운 미학적인 접근으로 이끄는 디테일함으로의 접근에 의한 결과라고 할 수 있다. La Dimora di Metello is located in the heart of Sasso Barisano in Matera. The space spreads..
It must be great to have a parent as an interior designer, because the two little kids in this home got a bedroom that is fun and playful, courtesy of their designer mother. Designed by Ginger Curtis of Urbanology Designs, the room features bright white walls, simple decor and custom made wooden beds. The bottom bed even has wheels on it so that it can be moved around when needed. Small furnitur..
Recently opened in Singapore is COO, a new boutique hostel aimed at millennials, that has a bar, a bistro, an outdoor space, and a social app. The hostel was completed by Ministry of Design, and not only did they design the space, they also designed the graphics and a digital interest-matching tool aimed at connecting like-minded hostel guests. This app allows guests to book, login & chat with o..
그리스의 미코노스 섬에 있는 안드로니코스 호텔을 위한 성공적 콜라보레이션 이후 KLab architecture 와 안드로니코스 호텔은 산토리니에서 다시 한번 새로운 호텔을 함께 짓기로 결정했다. 3층 규모의 70년대에 지어진 대저택을 6개 스위트를 갖춘 호텔로 탈바꿈시키기로 하고 기존 건물을 전체적으로 변화시켜 새로운 호텔로서의 니즈를 충족시키기로 했다. 6개의 스위트와 테라스의 스카이바는 산토리니 전형의 일반주택들이 그런 것처럼 동굴을 현대적으로 재해석한 모습이다. 전통 주택에 독창적인 아우라를 재창조한 산토리니 안드로니코스 호텔을 소개한다. After a successful collaboration for Andronikos hotel in Mykonos, KLab architecture and An..
